"old gentleman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: old gentlemen [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|old gentlemen}} old gentleman (plural old gentlemen)
  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A playing card that is almost imperceptibly longer than the others in the deck, used by cheats. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-old_gentleman-en-noun-5RH42lcS Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, gentleman.
    Sense id: en-old_gentleman-en-noun-wcOGMTsf

Inflected forms

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